By The Numbers

State Taxes Plunge

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Chart Data

Percent Change-January to April
US average-26 %
ID-28 %
MA-29 %
NJ-30 %
RI-30 %
NY-32 %
VT-33 %
CA-34 %
MI-34 %
SC-39 %
AR-55 %

Collections of personal income taxes, which on average account for 36 percent of total taxes collected by states, are down 26 percent in the first four months of the year, according to Rockefeller Institute of Government. Above are the states with the largest declines.